Whiskers last dance

Once Upon a Midnight dreary

the rain was gone

and I could see clearly

everything fell into perspective

the rest of the world was secondary

as the Moon fell upon my objective

and lit up the stones within the Pet Sematary

I loosened my grip

on the dragging burlap

allowed the twine handle slip

then rested my body flat

beside that soggy sack

the silence then filled

with all the sounds of the dark

a fawne was being killed

surrounded by coyote bark

then Luna was eclipsed

by clouds of leathery Wings

the whole world was spinning

and I fell into a Dream ..

Within a dream and with luck

I woke in my own bed

first relieved but then it sucked

because Whiskers was still dead.

flat as a pancake

drawing crows into the ditch

I'd not delivered my handshake to death in exchange for that one wish.

and now?

now I missed her so much

and it was time to do the Deed .

so I packed myself a lunch

and peered into the weeds .

with shovel in hand

I combed over the embankment

but some other animal had to have dragged poor whiskers carcass

to another location

well that's too bad

but then again everybody's got to eat what a good cat

she was still providing

for something else at least

so giving all the way to the last

oh well that was my speech

Amen to that

may you rest in peace

then I turned my back

to cross the street

and there was whiskers the cat

Laying across the Jeep

must have been grabbed by a hawk

who got spooked and released

dropped the poor Kitty's body

to just out of my reach

so I gripped the far end

of the shovel handle and stretched

but as soon as it touched her furry ass she jumped up and hissed!

I was like "what the fuck is this?"